Master? Just a Country Bumpkin

The next day, after Yun Shu and Xiao Yan's group arrived at the square where recruitment was being held, they were instantly dumbfounded by the sea of people stretching beyond sight.

"I knew there would be a lot of people, but I never expected this many!" Yun Shu sighed.

Fuck, how long would we have to wait...

"Don't worry, Master Yun Shu! The person in charge of recruitment in Wu Tan City this time is my instructor. As her prized student, I naturally have a way!"

"Follow me!" Xiao Yu said with a smile, sweeping her hand grandly.

Led by Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Yun Shu, and the others had to pass through the oppressive aura of soldiers who had survived mountains of corpses and seas of blood, just like in the original story. Since they were using the back door, a little special treatment was only natural.

Yun Shu walked in the middle of the group, with Xun Er, the person closest to him, at his side. He used his Soul Power to envelop her, shielding her from the pressure radiating from both sides.

Though he knew Xun Er did not need it, he had to do this if he wanted to earn her favor.

"Little Shu..." As expected, Xun Er looked at him and shook her head. She could still endure something like this.

The middle-aged officer swept his gaze over the group before finally noticing the two figures standing one before the other—Yun Shu and Xiao Yan.

"It looks like Instructor Ruo Lin will be receiving some rather good students this time!"

Xiao Yu waved impatiently at the middle-aged officer, then quickly led Yun Shu and the others deeper into the square.

When they reached a large green tent, a figure suddenly shot out from within and hugged Xiao Yu, who was walking at the front.

"Hehe! Let this young lady have a look! Have you gotten fatter?"

Yun Shu narrowed his eyes as he looked at the red-clothed woman fooling around with Xiao Yu. What a spectacular chest...

Her looks were a little lacking, but that figure was almost on par with Ya Fei's.

"They're all members of my clan. This is Xun Er, and she's already taken. Her boyfriend is even a Second-Rank Alchemist! You and those animals at the academy have no chance!" Xiao Yu said with a grin as she introduced them to Xue Ni.

Yun Shu was actually already a Third-Rank Alchemist. It was just that he had not refined medicine for the Xiao Family since then, so it was normal for outsiders not to know.

Upon hearing Xiao Yu call herself Yun Shu's girlfriend, Xun Er's face gradually reddened. Yun Shu was right beside her, after all—how embarrassing. Her relationship with Yun Shu was like Xun Er and Xiao Yan's in the original story, except reversed...

Yun Shu had feelings for Xun Er, and Xun Er had feelings for Yun Shu, but both kept them hidden in their hearts...

After the introductions, everyone followed Xue Ni into the tent.

"Oh! Right, I forgot to tell you. Luo Bu, that annoying guy, came along with the recruitment team this time! And he's even advanced to a Four-Star Dou Zhe!" On the way to the test, Xue Ni told Xiao Yu.

"Why did that annoying guy come too?" Xiao Yu frowned, clearly having no fondness for Luo Bu.

"Isn't it all because he wanted to see our beautiful Xiao Yu? He's been thinking of you day and night the whole way here!" Xue Ni teased.

Xiao Yu gritted her teeth at that, then turned to look at Yun Shu and Xiao Yan.

"What are you looking at? Don't expect me to pretend I have some kind of relationship with you in front of that guy. I'm not interested in you, and I don't want to pretend!" Xiao Yan said flatly, curling his lip. He did not get along with Xiao Ning, so he naturally treated Xiao Yu the same way.

"Master~" Xiao Yu rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan's words. There was still someone stronger and more handsome.

"Yu'er! Is this the Second-Rank Alchemist you mentioned?!" After hearing Xiao Yu call Yun Shu "Master," Xue Ni looked at him in shock.

She had thought the Second-Rank Alchemist Xiao Yu mentioned was still at the Xiao Family, some man in his twenties or thirties. She had never expected him to be this handsome young man, who looked even younger than Xiao Yu!

"Mhm. Master Yun Shu, please help me, okay~? That Luo Bu is really annoying!" Xiao Yu pleaded pitifully.

"Xun Er, what do you think?" Yun Shu did not immediately agree. Instead, he looked at Xun Er. Since they were a couple in everyone else's eyes, he naturally had to consult the "main wife" first on something like this.

"Just teach him a lesson. There's no need to pretend," Xun Er said indifferently. She did not particularly like Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu was still a member of the Xiao Family. Besides, Xun Er did not want to see another disgusting simp either.

"You can't take the initiative to deal with that annoying guy! Since you aren't students of Canaan Academy yet, it'll be seen as provoking our academy. If that happens, those senior students from the military over there will step in and restrain this master!" Xue Ni turned back to remind them.

"Then let that Luo Bu make the first move himself," Yun Shu said with a faint smile.

Soon, they arrived inside the large green tent. In the shade, more than a dozen young men and women were gathered together, chatting and laughing. They were probably Canaan Academy students like Xue Ni.

Outside the shade, more than twenty students who had passed the test sat directly on the ground beneath the blazing sun. They had probably been bullied...

Before long, some of the girls in the crowd spotted Xiao Yu and Xue Ni, then all rushed over at once and began "wrestling" with the two of them. The scene was utterly dumbfounding.

Why did these female students seem even more lustful than a grown man like Yun Shu...

"Xiao Yu, long time no see!" Just as everyone chatted and laughed, a voice suddenly sounded beside them.

They turned toward the speaker. A young man dressed in grayish-white robes stood beside them with a smile on his face.

"That's him!" Xiao Yu did not respond to Luo Bu immediately. Instead, she turned around and quietly spoke to Yun Shu behind her.

"Luo Bu, long time no see!" Only after turning back did Xiao Yu reply to Luo Bu with a fake smile.

Such obvious perfunctoriness made Luo Bu's expression turn somewhat ugly. Moreover, Xiao Yu had just turned around and said something to the young man behind her, so Luo Bu naturally assumed Yun Shu had stolen his woman.

If Yun Shu had known what this guy was thinking right then, he definitely would have walked up, slapped him across the face, then pulled out a loudspeaker and shouted into his ear, "Average-looking guy with too much confidence! What a turnoff!!"

"Hehe, did you bring these people here?" Luo Bu quickly composed himself, putting on a smile as he spoke to Xiao Yu.

"Mhm. I brought them here for the test." Xiao Yu nodded casually, her disdain plain to see.

"Perfect. Instructor Ruo Lin just gave me a Testing Crystal Ball. As long as your strength has reached Eight-Stage Dou Qi, the crystal ball will automatically light up once you touch it! Then you'll have passed the test!"

"Master, you all should go try it first!" Xiao Yu said to Yun Shu after turning back.

"Someone's actually named Master? What a country bumpkin from the sticks..." When Luo Bu heard Xiao Yu call that boy by name, he sneered inwardly.

Luo Bu did not make the connection to what the name "Master" meant. Otherwise, this guy would not have been such an average-looking man with too much confidence.